Current Research Grants

  • 2025 2022

    Addressing STIL as major driver of drug resistance in colorectal cancer, independent of Shh pathway.
    Indian Council of Medical Research [ICMR]

Previous/ Completed Research Grants

    1. DEVELOPMENT OF NOVEL NIR ABSORBING SENSITIZERS AND THEIR NANOCONJUGATES FOR THE MULTIMODAL CANCER IMAGING AND THERAPY (Multi institutional RGCB, NIIST, CSIR-NEIST)
      2017-2020

    2. MOLECULAR MECHANISM OF DRUG RESISTANCE IN COLORECTAL CANCER: TUMOR STEM LIKE CELLS AS UNIQUE TARGETS IN RESIDUAL DISEASE (COLLABORATIVE)-DBT
      Department of Biotechnology [DBT] 2013-2016

    3. TRANSCRIPTIONAL AND TRANSLATIONAL PROFILING IF DRUG RESISTANT GENES FOLLOWINGTHERAPEUTIC INTERVENTION IN COLORECTAL CANCER: A REGIONAL STUDY.
      Council of Scientific and Industrial Research [CSIR] 2013-2016

    4. FUNCTIONAL SIGNIFICANCE OF FORK HEAD BOX PROTEIN, FOXM1B IN CDK1 TURNOVER-A MOLECULAR ANALYSIS
      Department of Science & Technology [DST] 2013-2016

    5. INDIRUBIN A CDK INHIBITOR, TO ENHANCE CYTOTOXICITY AND APOPTOSIS IN CML-BLAST CRISIS CELSS- A PRECLINICAL EVALUATION
      Indian Council of Medical Research [ICMR] 2010-2013

    6. IL-6 ACTIVATED STAT-3 GENE SILENCING BY SMALL INTERFERING RNA: A THERAPEUTIC APPROACH TO BREAST CANCER
      DAE/BRNS 2009-2012

    7. DEVELOPMENT OF NOVEL BIODEGRADABLE DRUG RELEASING POLYMER SYSTEMS FOR CANCER THERAPY
      Department of Biotechnology [DBT] 2008-2011

    8. PEROXISOMAL PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR? (PPAR?), A TUMOR PROMOTER OR TUMOR INHIBITOR IN BREAST CANCER?
      Council of Scientific and Industrial Research [CSIR] 2008-2011

    9. TUMOR PRIMORDIAL CELLS IN COLORECTALCANCER: IMPLICATIONS FOR SURGICAL MARGINS AND MINIMAL RESIDUAL DISEASE ((Multicentric Project)
      Department of Biotechnology [DBT] 2008-2011

    10. DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT, IN VITRO AND IN VIVO STUDIES OF NOVEL SENSITIZERS FOR PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY (Multicentric Project )
      Department of Science & Technology [DST] 2006-2009

    11. PROSPECTIVE IDENTIFICATION AND CLINICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF TUMOR PROGENITOR CELLS IN BREAST CANCERS (Multicentric Project)
      Department of Biotechnology [DBT] 2006-2009

Collaborations

  • Collaborators National & International

    1. Dr. Suresh Rayala, Associate Professor, Dept. Of Biotechnology,IIT Chennai

    2. Dr.D. Ramaiah, Scientist EII , NIIST Tvpm

    3. Dr. Srinivas , NIISER Bhuvaneswar, Orrisa

    4. Dr. Vinod Kumar , G. Scientist, Chemical Biology, RGCB

    5. Dr. Ajaikumar Kunnumakkara, Associate Professor, IIT Guwahati

    6. Dr. Chandramohan, K, Associate Professor, Surgical Oncology,Regional Cancer Centre, Tvpm

    7. Dr. Jem Prabhakar , Associate Professor, Surgical Oncology, Regional Cancer Centre, Tvpm

    8. Dr. Kalesh, MCH, Surgeon,Medical College, Tvpm

    9. Dr Alan Prem Kumar, Research Assistant Professsor, Dept of Pharmacology, NUS, SINGAPORE

    10. Dr. Vinay Tergoankar, Senior Principal Investigator, Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, SINGAPORE

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